Cryptic News from the Willow Creek View. Transhuman Sasquatch Strangeness from the Middle of Nowhere.
A Voice Howling out from the Klamath-Trinity-Siskiyou Wilderness. This is the Megaphone of Steven Streufert and Bigfoot Books, a Used Book Store in Willow Creek, Humboldt County, Extreme Northern California.

"In the middle two hours, scholar of Bigfoot history, Steven Streufert, will share both the history of the creature, including the Patterson film, as well as current reports of sightings around the country. In the last hour, cryptozoology advisor to Rue Morgue magazine, Lyle Blackburn, will discuss reports of a strange beast known as the Fouke Monster that have circulated among the locals in southern Arkansas. First Hour: Plastic surgeon Dr. Tony Youn talks about bizarre and botched surgeries."

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In the middle two hours, scholar of Bigfoot history, Steven Streufert, shared history and analysis of the mysterious creature. He runs a used and antiquarian bookshop (specializing in "Sasquatchiana") in Willow Creek, California, considered the heart of the historic "Bigfoot Country,"-- the location is near where giant tracks were found in 1958, and "Bigfoot" subsequently became a household word. Willow Creek is also near where the famed Patterson-Gimlin film was shot in 1967, and Streufert has been involved in the Bluff Creek Film Site Project, which has traced the exact location of where Patterson filmed, in order to verify details about the creature, and its environment. He also participates in a Facebook group that seeks to promote the spirit of rational thinking and evidence-based Bigfoot research (in reaction to some of the more fantastical, insubstantial, or promotion-based claims made about the creature).

Streufert spoke about some of the ancient Native-American lore regarding Sasquatch, such as the beings speaking a language, as well as trading with, abducting, and even mating with humans, and producing offspring. One theory, he noted, is that Bigfoot are actually hybrids between humans and proto-humans. He also discussed the current Bigfoot DNA Project, spearheaded by Melba Ketchum, and a controversial case from last year when a hunter claimed he killed two Sasquatch in the central Sierra Nevada mountains, and now has "Bigfoot steaks" stashed in the freezer.

Last hour guest, cryptozoology advisor to Rue Morgue magazine, Lyle Blackburn, discussed reports of a strange beast known as the Fouke Monster that have circulated among the locals in southern Arkansas. In 1971, a family was reportedly attacked by a "big hairy monster," and within a year, there were around 50 more sightings, with descriptions of an adult creature with a narrow build. The creature became popularized as the 'Beast of Boggy Creek,' when the low budget film The Legend of Boggy Creek was released in 1972, and became a hit. The movie was indeed based on some facts, Blackburn said, who added that he considers the creature to possibly be a cross between the foul-smelling Skunk Ape and a Pacific Northwest-type Bigfoot. In 1991, a large skeleton (missing the skull) was found in the woods near Jefferson, Texas that some believe could be a Bigfoot, he added.

Strange Surgeries

First hour guest, plastic surgeon Dr. Tony Youn recounted bizarre and unusual medical procedures. For instance, one plastic surgeon claimed he used the fat extracted from liposuction operations as biodiesel to run his car. Youn also touched on "body transmogrification" in which people have strange modifications such as the lizard-like tongue bifurcation, as well as a new weight loss strategy in which a doctor stitches a mesh patch on the tongue in order to make the act of eating uncomfortable.

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The Boggy Creek Beast

Lyle Blackburn shares two images in tandem with his4/24/12 appearance. On the left is an illustration by Dan Brereton of a young hunter encountering the Fouke Monster in the 1960s. The other illustration, by Justin Osbourn, depicts the Beast of Boggy Creek, which the Fouke Monster was later called.

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QUESTIONS I SUBMITTED TO C2C...

Before the show the producers give the guests a chance to submit a range of topics and questions that they would like to cover. You can see from below that George Noory took his own direction in the interview. Here's what I sent them, in rough form....

"Here are a few topics I'd be happy to have George ask me about when I'm
on the show. I like discussion, though, so I'm totally open to whatever
he wants to bring up for the two hours.

1) Life in Willow Creek, CA, the "Bigfoot Capitol of the World," or
"Gateway to Bigfoot Country." What is it like here, and why does this
little town in the middle of nowhere get such recognition. It is the
"Mecca" of Bigfooting. How did Steve end up living there, and was it
because of Bigfoot??

2) How was "Bigfoot" born, and how did it become a household name. In
1958 tracks were found up in the Bluff Creek basin, while they were
building a new logging access road into virgin timber. How far back in
history does this phenomenon really go?

3) The Patterson-Gimlin film. What is its history and how is it
connected to Willow Creek. What controversies surround it? Why is it so
central and important to the study of Bigfoot? How did they manage to
capture the creature on film when so many others have failed? Was it
really a hoax?

4) The Bluff Creek Film Site Project. What is it, and why was the PGF
site "lost" for all those years? How was it found again and documented?
Why did we receive the "Bigfooter of the Year" award for that process?
Why is Bluff Creek so important to Bigfooting?

5) What kind of store is BIGFOOT BOOKS, and how does Steve get any work
done while being constantly distracted by those curious about Bigfoot?

6) Weird Willow Creek, in other words, Bigfoot is not the only strange
thing here. We've had many UFO reports, legends of underground caves and
tunnels and even cities (up in Mount Shasta), and strange cryptid
creatures everywhere, it seems. The local people report seeing black
panthers, river serpents, "Little People," mer-creatures in the rivers,
giant six-foot salamanders, and yes, even a few believe in werewolves
out there. Reports of grizzlies have become somewhat common, and a wild
wolf was reported just north of here.

7) The "Bigfoot Scenic Byway"? What is it? Also, the Bigfoot Collection
at the Willow Creek-China Flat Museum. Is tourism a big factor or
motivation for the spread of the Bigfoot idea?

8) FINDING BIGFOOT on Animal Planet. What is its impact on the Bigfoot
and mass popular culture, and what is it like seeing your friends on TV
(Steve is friends with Matt, Bobo and Cliff from the show). What was it
like to see ONESELF on TV? How will it influence the future of the quest
for Bigfoot? Will it create problems with hoaxers, amateurs and newbies?

9) "THE BIGFOOT WARS"... why does the Bigfoot Community suffer from such
combative egos, theories, and conflicting regional groups? Why is
everything so controversial? Can they ever agree on anything? Is there a
"gold rush" to be the first to "discover" and prove Bigfoot?

10) Will they ever be able to prove Bigfoot? What would it take? WHY has
it not been proven with over five decades of active searching, not
counting the previous Yeti expeditions in the Himalayas?

11) What IS Bigfoot? Is is an ape of some kind of human? WHY is this
even controversial? Does it present problems for Religion or civil
rights if it is "human"?

12) NATIVE AMERICAN background. What are the origins of "Sasquatch," and
how does it relate to the American Bigfoot? What is it like living in an
area with so many native tribal groups (just up here we have the Hupa
from Hoopa, Yurok and Karuk)? What do they REALLY believe about Bigfoot?

13) Bigfoot mysteries? Telepathy, interdimensional travel, "zapping,"
infrasound, curses, taboos, underground civilizations/lairs, and UFO
contact are all associated with Bigfoot. Is it real? Are we looking for
a flesh and blood creature, or something mystic or mythic, either
in/from another world or else generated by some archetypal need in the
human mind? Some even claim to have a Bigfoot as a spiritual TEACHER or
guru, and to receive mental messages from them.

14) What was the necessity for founding the Facebook discussion group,
The Coalition for Reason, Science, Satire and Sanity in Bigfoot
Research? Perhaps this link could be mentioned on the air:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/smartbigfoot/

15) THE BIGFOOT DNA PROJECT... Will it really be published in a
scientific journal in two weeks?
Will it prove Bigfoot???? How did it get started, where did the samples
come from, and what have been the controversies along the way. One
strange aspect of this is a rumor that the head of the project believes
in "ALIEN DNA," that something "out of this world" was found in the test
results.

16) THE SIERRA KILLS. Last year one large controversy was the supposed
killing of two Sasquatch by a hunter in the central Sierra Nevada
mountains. What happened, did it really happen, and how is it connected
to the DNA project? Supposed "Bigfoot Steaks" were obtained, and samples
have been tested for DNA.

17) Is there only ONE Bigfoot, or a whole species? Are the MANY
subspecies of this unknown primate? How do we account for regional
variations like the southern Skunk Ape? Why do they seem to be present
all across the globe, and in human historical legend?

18) How do we deal with the rise of hoaxing on YouTube and the
phenomenon of the "blobsquatch," poor quality photos and films showing
blurry and dubious supposed Bigfoot creatures? Shouldn't the rise of
cell phones and digital cameras help prove Bigfoot? Why haven't they?
What are the motivations of someone faking a Bigfoot video or sighting
report?

19) Public Ignorance: WHY do so many assume that Bigfoot is a Hoax or
just a joke? Without really studying the evidence or after hearing or
reading a poorly researched news article many assume that Bigfoot is
fake, or just a delusion. WHY? Why is this field of study and its
phenomenon not taken seriously, and why do so many false things creep
into the documentation and public understanding of it?

20) HOW do sane, normal people see something that cannot be proven but
was utterly real to them? These include every day rural folks, police
officers, forest rangers, Native Americans, etc. The sightings are often
not at all extraordinary or "weird." These people are simply seeing an
everyday kind of creature, but one that they know darn well is not a
bear or a human. Not all Bigfoot sightings are mere shadows and
phantasms. Some are clear as day, and in fact many have been
face-to-face. I have met these people here locally. What is that like?

21) HABITUATION: Do people really have Bigfoot living in their
backyards, and are they really interacting with these creatures/beings?
Why has so little evidence emerged from them, if so?

22) How did your background in Literature, Critical Theory and
Philosophy, and your profession as a seller of used books, somehow lead
into the strange world of "Bigfoot Studies"? How did that background
prepare you for what you are currently doing.

I hope those are a good start. Let me know if I should send any further
details. Browsing my blog a bit should help George get a handle on what
I've been doing and what my perspective on this mystery is.

That's a lot to try to cram into the less than two hours on the air, after commercial and news breaks are taken out of the picture!

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Someone DID post it on YouTube....

Try clicking the link below, and then clicking the forward button in the video player to
advance to hours two and three, or four.

Me tell hu-man friend, "Break a Leg" for radio show, and guess what? He actually DO it. OK, me help a little....

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